Surgical appliance for men



J. J. MARTINKA.

SURGICAL APPLIANCEFOR MEN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1919.

1,410,339. Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

IN VEN TOR.

A TTORNE Y.

PATENT 0 re i W s? JOSEPH J. MARTINKA, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SURGIGAL APPLIANCE FOR MEN.

Application filed September 13, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH J. lvlnn'rrnnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Surgical Appliancesfor Men, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is the provision of a simple,inexpensive, easily applied and efficient device for preventing men andmale children from wetting the bed.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in thepeculiar and advantageous device hereinafter described and definitelyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, hereby made a part hereof:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the deviceconstituting the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I amcognizant.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the device, showing the same asclosed.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the device as it appears when open or inreadiness to be applied to the male organ of generation.

' Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all theviews of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel device comprises an elastic band 1 whichmay be a rubber strip Or a strip of any other ap proved materialpossessed of the necessary resiliency. The said band 1 is provided atone end with a female fastener member 2 and at its other end with acomplementary male fastener member 8, and from this it follows that thedevice may be easily produced without the employment of expensivemachinery.

In the practical use of my novel device,

the same is fastened with the band 1 under tension about the male organof generation and so that the members of the fastener are Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

Serial No. 323,456.

held under considerable pressure against the portion of the organimmediately below the urethra at an intermediate point in the length ofthe latter. The urethra lies about one eighth of an inch above thelowermost surface of the organ, and consequently when the device isapplied as stated the fastener will have the effect of compressing thewall of the urethra and forming a temporary stricture thereof with theresult that urine will be prevented from passing through the urethra.

My novel device is designed especially for those afiiicted with bladderweakness or any other disease that causes them to wet the bed, and itwill be apparent that the device may be readily applied and as readilyremoved by a man or a boy.

In practice the device will preferably be manufactured in two sizes forthe use of men and children, respectively.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the primary purpose of mynovel appliance is to awaken the wearer, and consequently no. injurywill follow the use of the appliance.

Having described my invention. what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

As a new article of manufacture, a device to prevent men and malechildren from wetting the bed, comprising an elastic band adapted to beincreased in length and there by put under tension and having free endsadapted to be arranged in lapped relation, an inwardly-projecting malesnap-fastener member at the inner side of the outer end p ortion of thestrip, and an inwardly-projecting female snap-fastener member extendingthrough and inwardly from the inner lapped end portion of the strip andclosed at its inner end and removably receiving the male fastenermember.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

JOSEPH J. MARTIN KA.

